Psalms 27:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.”

Psalms 27:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 27:417 words

HebrewMeaning

אַחַ֤תʾaḥat

one thingadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

שָׁאַ֣לְתִּיšāʾalətiy

I have askedverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

מֵֽ/אֵתmēʾēt

from withpronH854

among · before · by · for ···

יְהוָה֮yəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אוֹתָ֪/הּʾwōtāh

itparticleH853

אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁʾăbaqēš

I will seekverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

שִׁבְתִּ֣/יšibətiy

to dwell IverbH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

בְּ/בֵיתbəbēyt

in the house ofpronH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כָּלkāl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יְמֵ֣יyəmēy

the days ofnounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

חַיַּ֑/יḥayay

life mynounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

לַ/חֲז֥וֹתlaḥăzwōt

to lookpronH2372

look · prophesy · provide · see

בְּ/נֹֽעַםbənōʿam

on the kindness ofpronH5278

pleasant

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וּ/לְ/בַקֵּ֥רwləbaqēr

and to inquireconjH1239

search · seek out

בְּ/הֵיכָלֽ/וֹbəhēykālwō

in temple hispronH1964

temple

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 27:4

Of David himself, before he was anointed. 1. Christ's young soldier speaks, on his coming to the faith. “The Lord is my light, and my salvation: whom shall I fear?” Psalm 26:1. The Lord will give me both knowledge of Himself, and salvation: who shall take me from Him? “The Lord is the Protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?” The Lord will repel all the assaults and snares of mine enemy: of no man shall I be afraid. 2. “Whilst the guilty approach unto me to eat up…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 27

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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